Yes, the right guys won, but don't you think this race was rather bland? It's become mechanical; the excitement is gone.

Survivor -- poor Brenda. The minute she gave her reward to the losers, she was a goner; we all know how far gratitude goes in this game. The dynamics between Brenda and Dawn has been interesting as a sort of role-reversal -- the weepy, semi-hysterical older woman being looked after and comforted by the younger, na´ve woman. How will Dawn fare on her own now?

I was pulling for Dawn when this one started, but all the crying and emotionalism and falling apart over every little thing that happens...now I just wish they'd vote her out. I'm tired of the histrionics.

Oh, that is bad news. When I first started watching Southland in late-night repeats, Lucy Liu was still on the show. A security camera caught her by herself trying to arrest a man three times her size. He beat the crap out of her. The security tape was shown at the station house, not just to humiliate her but for its unspoken message: Wait for back-up, even if it means losing the collar. Those were strong images, and they're stuck in my head. I'm sorry the show has been cancelled.

I don't watch them, I just sample the new ones to see if they are anywhere close to getting it right. Southland is the only police show I returned to and I didn't watch it every week, it depended on the kind of day I had.